DonRocks Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 "Here Lies The Carcass Of Napa Valley Winemaking" on gargantuanwine.com I remember so well springing (and at the time, it was a very, very big "spring") $100 on a bottle of 1970 BV Georges de Latour back around 1990 at The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City, whose chef was Gerard Pangaud. It was sublime, and worth the splurge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Good link. The article pretty well encapsulates how Tchelistcheff more than any other single person created the Napa fine wine industry, and how Parker-with-the-uneducated-palate then came along and, followed by his legions of sycophantic fools mesmerized by his numbers, set it back immeasurably. One can only hope the ship is now truly turning. Oddly, I just opened an '85 GLPR a couple of days ago; first one for a long while. Pretty good stuff, and according to the graph made while BV was still making wines with balanced alcohol, even though André himself was gone by then -- the real damage (to BV and the whole industry) came a bit later, after Parker's power over winemaking really kicked in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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